03.01.11
5:30 a.m. CST Monday, March 1, 2011
Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas
STATUS REPORT: STS-133-10
STS-133 MCC STATUS REPORT #10
HOUSTON – By the end of the day, the International Space Station will
have an extra 2,472 cubic feet of storage space, following the
installation of the Leonardo Permanent Multipurpose Module.
Discovery’s crew members got their wake-up call to begin flight day 6
at 4:57 a.m. CST, to the tune of “Happy Together” by The Turtles. The
song was played for Mission Specialist Steve Bowen, who completed his
sixth spacewalk on Monday.
Preparations for the second spacewalk of the mission will occupy
several hours of Bowen’s and fellow spacewalker Alvin Drew’s time,
culminating with a crew-wide procedure review and another overnight
campout inside the Quest airlock.
But first, Mission Specialists Mike Barratt and Nicole Stott will use
the station’s 58-foot robotic arm to remove the Leonardo module from
Discovery’s cargo bay and fly it to an installation on the
Earth-facing port of the Unity node. That work is scheduled to begin
just after 7 a.m. and wrap up by 9:38 a.m.
With the decision that a focused inspection of Discovery’s heat shield
won’t be necessary, extra space opened up in the crew’s day. As a
result, they’re now scheduled to enter Leonardo for the first time
today. Pilot Eric Boe is scheduled to be the first to float in, just
before 6 p.m.
Barratt and Stott, along with Commander Steve Lindsey and station
Commander Scott Kelly, will also take time out of their duties to
talk with reporters back on Earth at 3:23 p.m. They’ll be interviewed
by KTRK-TV of Houston, and KING-TV and KOMO-TV, of Washington,
Barratt’s home state.
The next status report will be issued near the end of the crew’s day
or earlier if warranted. The crew’s sleep period is scheduled to
begin at 8:23 p.m.
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